So I took the pills and took the money...

...and hang the consequences, right? 'Cause bad things like adverse life threatening reactions to a clinical drugs trial only happen on TV shows and in the movies.

In fact, if this had happened in the movies the two poor bastards currently on the 'no hope in hell' list would suddenly rise phoenix like (or butterflyesq depending on your preferred metaphor) to become some sort of meta-human - or evil meta-human villain, which would then require a prior, secretly tested third subject to defeat them in a pyrotechnic and wire-fu showdown.

But this is ain't the movies and as one of the two fella's girlfriend described the situation;

"His face had swollen up making 'im look the Elephant Man".

Which is a tad unfair to the Elephant Man, who was sadly born deformed - he didn't end up looking a mess 'cause he tried to make a quick bob from what he incorrectly assumed would be a piece of piss 'pill and dosh' job.

Anyway, better these two stupid buggers than a couple of rats; a much maligned creature who rarely if ever willingly engages in dangerous activities for financial gain.

Read about it before they snuff it.